A construction company has been fined £75,000 following the death of a worker on a site in Glasgow.
Derek Caddie, 44, entered a site on Belhaven Terrace West Lane with a colleague to repair damaged and leaking pipework on November 25, 2019.
Part of an excavation wall collapsed, leaving him trapped in in soil from the neck down before being rescued by emergency services.
Mr Caddie died of his injuries in hospital three days later.
He was working for Carrig Construction Services Limited at the time, a company that specialises in groundworks and drainage works.
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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found the collapse of the excavation wall was caused by a lack of support to the vertical walls, and the company had failed to identify the risks from working in the excavation and did not ensure there were practicable steps in place to ensure workers were protected while inside the excavation.
In addition, none of the workers under the control of the company had any training on working within excavations and were unaware of the risks involved.
Carrig Construction Services Limited, of Hunters Way, Lochwinnoch, Argyll, pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2(1) and Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. The company was fined £75,000 at Glasgow Sheriff Court on 28 August 2024.
Graeme McMinn, a principal inspector at the Health and Safety Executive, said: “This was a tragic and wholly avoidable accident, caused by the failure of Carrig Construction Services Limited to put in place measures to control the risk of the sides of the excavation collapsing.
“HSE provides freely available guidance on effective controls for working in excavations on the HSE website.”
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